Commissioned public buildings in post-apartheid South Africa exhibit a synergy
between local craft and contemporary design in their interiors. Tasked with the
design of buildings representative of a democratic South ...

One of the greatest social problems we face as society as a whole and South Africa in particular, is food insecurity. Food insecurity manifests itself in many
forms and has a dramatic impact on the wellbeing of people. ...

This project aimed to develop the Potpaz ceramic water filter into an improved filter design
optimally suited to South African rural conditions, to provide potable water rather than
contaminated water to households. ...

This study investigated the user’s perspective with reference to the regular use of the
WonderbagTM retained-heat cooker in low-income communities in a South African context.
This research addresses the limitations of ...

This project aims to design a stove that is fuelled by wax, rather than paraffin, in order to reduce the
problems created by the use of paraffin and paraffin stoves among the urban poor living in South
African townships ...

This research project endeavours to explore and develop notions of ‘contemporary African
design’. The project focuses on chair design with particular reference to the Senufo
articulated chair from the Ivory Coast. In ...

Material handling is never value-adding, but always increases the production costs. The objective of any new handling system should therefore be to reduce handling and then to find cost-effective solutions for those ...

The majority of low income households in South Africa are based in either informal
settlements or low cost housing. These households use paraffin as their primary fuel source
for cooking and heating.
The objective of ...